The US Congress went against Trump's tariff policy. What the media is writing
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has refused to extend a rule that blocked a vote on President Donald Trump's tariffs. The vote was a setback for Speaker Mike Johnson, who proposed the bill. In the near future, the Democrats will be able to put to the vote the issue of the abolition of duties on Canadian goods. How the world's media reacts to the revolt in Congress is in the Izvestia digest.
Financial Times: House of Representatives rejects Trump's tariff bill
The US House of Representatives rejected a rule proposed by Republican leaders that was supposed to prevent a vote on tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. This was a serious rebuke to the head of the White House and his allies in Congress. The bill proposed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson was rejected on February 10. 217 lawmakers voted against it, including all Democrats and three dissenting Republicans, and 214 representatives voted in favor.
Financial Times
Judging by the results of the vote, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are increasingly ready to resist President Trump's aggressive trade policy, which undermines global trade and threatens to increase prices in the United States. Failure to protect Trump's tariffs from congressional opposition may prompt Democratic lawmakers, led by New York Congressman Gregory Mix, to vote on a resolution blocking Trump's tariffs on Canada as early as Wednesday.
Although Trump can veto any congressional decision against his tariffs, the reprimand from Republican lawmakers nevertheless indicates growing dissatisfaction within the president's party with his economic policies. Republicans control the House of Representatives by a slim margin, which means that Johnson may lose the support of just a few party members in any controversial vote.
Axios: Republican uprising provides an opportunity to challenge Trump's tariffs
A group of Republicans staged a riot in the hall of the House of Representatives against the decision of the party leadership to block members of parliament from challenging Trump's tariffs, thereby thwarting a bill that would restore the ban. With nine months to go until the midterm elections, and serious economic problems looming, some Republicans in the House of Representatives are increasingly concerned about tariffs and the continued denial of Congress' legitimate trade powers.
Axios
The leaders of the Republican Party, with the support of the White House, conducted an intensive campaign to mobilize voters throughout the day, which ultimately failed. <…>. The last time the rule, a procedural measure that is usually adopted along party lines, did not pass in the summer.
Last September, tariff-skeptical Republicans staged a similar mini-riot in an attempt to extend a provision preventing tariff votes. This struggle ended with the fact that three representatives of the Republican Party defected to the enemy, and the leadership agreed to shorten the period of the ban on voting on tariff rejection from the end of March to the end of January. At the time, members of Congress said they would not support a further extension of the tariff vote lock.
Politico: Johnson's attempt to block Trump's tariff votes has failed
Three Republican lawmakers— Thomas Massey, Kevin Kiely, and Don Bacon —joined Democrats to reject, by a score of 217-214, a key procedural measure that would block future votes on Trump's tariffs. This gives Democrats the opportunity to get a vote on a resolution expressing disapproval of the president's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods.
Politico
Tuesday's defeat appeared to end nearly a year of efforts by the Republican Party leadership to protect its members from politically difficult tariff votes, as voters and businesses tired of the uncertainty generated by Trump's favorite geopolitical tool. "I don't think the House of Representatives should limit the powers of its members and expand the power of the leadership at the expense of our members," Kiley said. "That's exactly what this bill does, so I consider it important for the House of Representatives as an institution," he added.
Last March, the leaders of the House of Representatives used a procedural measure to block attempts to initiate a vote on the introduction of a state of emergency, which Trump used to impose duties on goods from Canada, China and Mexico. In September, Republicans voted to extend this regime for the second time. During this time, the Senate passed four resolutions condemning the duties. Two related to duties on Canadian goods, one related to duties on goods from Brazil, and one related to reciprocal duties imposed by Trump in almost all countries.
Bloomberg: Trump's tariffs criticized in the House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives may vote as early as February 11 on rejecting some of Trump's tariff measures ahead of the midterm elections, which focus a lot of attention on concerns about the cost of living in the United States. The vote, which begins with a resolution opposing duties on goods from Canada, is due to take place after lawmakers rejected House Speaker Mike Johnson's latest attempt to prevent it from taking place the day before.
Bloomberg
Johnson, one of Trump's main allies in Congress, has been leading a legislative blockade aimed at protecting tariffs for several months, promoting procedural rules that effectively prevented his house from revoking the president's broad powers to impose duties. The new bill, supported by Johnson, would have extended this ban until the end of July.
Democrats seized on Trump's tariffs as a key point of the midterm election campaign, which focuses heavily on housing affordability. The party points to duties as a factor of inflation that has exacerbated the cost crisis. The Republican-controlled Senate has already publicly stated its opposition to tariff policy, having voted last year to pass legislation to repeal emergency global tariffs imposed by the White House, as well as duties on goods from Canada and Brazil.
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